Valve-spring remover



P. c` VANG. VALVE sPmNG REMOVE'R.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAR.7, 1919.

1,328,776. A Patented Jan. 20, l19.20.

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FEDER C. VANG, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

VALVE-SPRING REMOVER..

Lasarte.

Specification of Letters Patent.`

Patented'Jan. 20, 1920.

Application filed March 7, 1919. Serial No. 281,163.4

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PEDER C. VANG, a subject of the King of Denmark, residingr at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve-Spring Removers, of which the following is a specifi* cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to tools for releasing valve springs ofV internal combustion envalve springrelease of simple construction whereby .the spring of a valve may be cornpressed and held in compressed condition so that the piny or other bearing means, nor-I` mally engaged by the Alower end lof the spring may be easily removed from the valve stern'. Also to provide means carried by the valve spring release, whereby the spring may be held in' compressed position or allowed to'expand under the 4control of the operator* of the valve spring releasing tool.

A further Objectis to providea valve spring releasing tool, comprising ai'nember normallyat rinfht'angle'to the valve stein andvhaving a-depending-v pointed shaftA for engagement with' the depression on the top of the valve, said member having a ,verti-v cally adjustable rod'extending through the same and extending downwardly, the-lower end being pivoted to a rockable lever the end of which being 'adapted to engage the lower end of a valve'spr'ng so that when the rocks f able lever is forced downwardlythe valve spring will be compressed. Also to provide the roclrable lever4 with' an upwardly 'extendv ing rack pivoted thereto and passing through' an aperture in the A,first mentioned member, which risprovided with a spring detent in engagement with the teeth of the rack so that the roclrable lever may be locked in its downward position, said spring detent being capable ofv side pivotal action for releasing the end thereof from engagementwith the teeth of the raclr 'so as to release the rockable lever. y

With they above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changesin the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

gines, and has for its object to provide a b mally keeps `the `valve In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the valve spring releasing tool.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through an internal combustion engine showing. the tool applied thereto and in operation.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of internal combustion engine, which. is provided with the usual form of valve 2 which coperates with a valve seat 3. The valve 2 is provided with the usual stem 4 extending downwardly throughthe casing of the engine, there being a washer 5, which is adapted to engage the upper side of the pin 6, said pin being transversely disposed through the stem 4f and prevents the washer from coming oi of the stem.v A coiled spring 7 is provided and which spring has its lower Vend in 'engagement with the upper surface ofthe washer, y

while its upper. end engagesthecasing of the engine.y This spring exerts an outwardv` pressure upon 2 in yengagement with the valve seat 3.

The Valve spring removing tool 8 com-f the washer, therefore nor-p` prises a'horizontal bar 9 and a rockable ley verl 10,- which is substantially parallel to the bar 9. One end of thebar'9 is provided with Va downwardlyy extendingpin 11 having a point 12, which is adapted to engage a dey pression 13 in ythe valve 2, while the other end 'of'the bar l9 is provided with a handle 14 adapted togbe graspedby the operator. A verticalrod 15 extends through an aperture 16 ,in thev bar 9fand is provided with a series of segmental notches `which are engaged by ya pinflS extending transversely through the bar l9-so that the rod 15 may be adjusted at' various vertical positions. The lower endV of* the rod 15 is pivoted as at 19 to the rockable lever 10, said pivotal pointforming a fulcruining point for the rockable lever.` One end of the rockable lever 10 is provided with a V-shaped notch 20 adapted to receive the valve stem so that the arms 21 formed by the V-shaped notch will engage under the washer 5, the other end of the rockable lever is provided with a handle 22 adapted to be engaged by the hand of the operator for rocking the lever 10 when it is desired to compress the spring 7. f i

Pivoted as at 23 to ythe rockable lever 10 is a vertical rack bar 21 which extends upwardly through an aperture 25 in the barv9, said rack bar being provided on one of its sides with ratchet teeth 26, which are adapted to be engaged by the end 27 of a spring detent 28 so that the rack bar 24 will beheld in any position to which it may be moved when the rockable lever 10 is rocked downwardly at its handle end to compress the spring 7. The spring detent 28 is piv-` oted at 29 to the bar 9 and extends rearwardly under the handle 14 and terminates in a thumb piece 30 adapted to be engaged by the thuinb of the operator, so that the spring detent may be moved horizontally so that the end 27 will come out of engagement with the teeth 26, thereby releasing the ioclrable lever and the spring 7.

The operation is as follows, the end of the pin 11 is placed in engagement with'th'e valve 2, then the rod 15 is adjusted vertically to'its proper position, the V-shaped notch being in engagement vwith the valve stein under thev washer lVhen in this positionthe pin 18 is passed through the bar 8 into engagement with one of the seg-v mental notches 16. When in this position the operator grasps the handle members 111 and 22 and forcesl the handle 22 down-v wardly, which action forces the other end of .the lrockable lever upwardly, thereby compressing the spring 7. During this downward movement of the handle 22, therack bar 24 moves downwardly and the end 27 of the spring detent 28 ratchets over the teeth 2G and when the downward movement of the handle is stopped, the detent holds the rockable lever in whatever position it has beenmoved to, thereby allowing the removal or replacing of the pin 6 in the valve stein l. lVhen the pin has been removed or replaced, the operator then grasps the handle members 14 and 22, then he places the thumb of the hand that is grasping the handle 111 in engagement with the thumb piece 30 of the spring detent 28, forces the same to one side until the end 27 is out of engagement with the ratchet teeth 26. When this is done he Pallows the handle 22 of the rockable lever to be forced upwardly under the influence of the spring 7 until the upper face of a valve, a vertically adj ustablev bar adjustably secured to the horizontal bar, a rocka-ble lever pivoted to the lower end of the vertically adjustable bar, one end of said rockable lever being adapted to engage under a valve spring, said horizontal bar and roekable lever being provided with handle members, a vertically disposed bai' pivoted to the rocha-ble lever and provided with ratchet teeth and detentn'ieans carried by the horizontal bar and coperating with the ratchet teeth whereby the rockable lever will be held to any position to which it may be rocked. e

2. A valve spring release comprising a lnormally horizontal bar having at one of its endsa depending pin adapted to'engage the upper face of a valve, a vertically disposed bar secured to thehorizontal bar vrand having a rockable lever. pivoted. to the lower' end thereof, one endl of therockable lever being adapted to engage the lower end of a 4 valve spring, 4handle members carried byy the horizontal bar and rockable bar, a vertically disposed rack bar pivoted to the rock` able bar and extending through an aperture in the horizontal bar, a spring detent pivotally secured tothe horizontal bar land having `its end in engagement with the teeth of the rack bar so as to holdthe rockable bar in the position to .which it may be moved and means whereby the tooth engaging end of the spring detent-may be moved in a horizontal plane so as to release the rack bar to allow lthe upward pivotalinovement of the handle -end of the rockable lever.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

PEDER o. vANG. 

